Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - January 2020

Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers......................................................................................5-29

5.7.1. Purpose ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5-29

5.7.2. Applicability .................................................................................................................................................................. 5-30

A. New Development........................................................................................................................................................ 5-30

B. Existing Development .................................................................................................................................................. 5-30

C. Exemptions..................................................................................................................................................................... 5-30

5.7.3. Required Buffer Type .................................................................................................................................................. 5-30

5.7.4. Buffer Type Standards................................................................................................................................................ 5-32

5.7.5. Location of Buffers........................................................................................................................................................ 5-40

5.7.6. Development within Required Buffers ...................................................................................................................... 5-40

5.7.7. Alternative Configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 5-40

5.7.8. Credit Towards Other Required Landscaping ....................................................................................................... 5-40 Section 5.8. Access and Circulation.....................................................................................................5-41

5.8.1. Purpose ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5-41

5.8.2. Applicability .................................................................................................................................................................. 5-41

5.8.3. Consistency with Plans ................................................................................................................................................. 5-41

5.8.4. Multimodal Transportation System ........................................................................................................................... 5-41

5.8.5. Developer Responsibility for Access and Circulation Improvements ................................................................. 5-41

A. On-Site ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5-41

B. Off-Site .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5-42

5.8.6. Vehicular Access and Circulation............................................................................................................................... 5-42

A. Circulation Plan............................................................................................................................................................. 5-42

B. Transportation Impact Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 5-42

C. Vehicular Accessway Classifications ........................................................................................................................ 5-49

D. Vehicular Connectivity................................................................................................................................................. 5-51

E. Vehicular Access Management.................................................................................................................................. 5-55

F. Intersection Sight Distance Areas .............................................................................................................................. 5-58

G. Fire Lanes ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5-58

H. Vehicular Accessway Design Standards.................................................................................................................. 5-58

I. Vehicle Stacking Space for Drive-Through, Pick-up/Drop-off, and Related Uses ........................................ 5-58

5.8.7. Bicycle Access and Circulation ................................................................................................................................... 5-60

A. Required Bicycle Access.............................................................................................................................................. 5-60

B. Bike Lanes Required .................................................................................................................................................... 5-60

C. Bicycle Connectivity ..................................................................................................................................................... 5-60

D. Bikeway Design Standards ........................................................................................................................................ 5-61

5.8.8. Pedestrian Access and Circulation ............................................................................................................................ 5-61

A. Required Pedestrian Access ....................................................................................................................................... 5-61

B. Greenway Paths Required......................................................................................................................................... 5-62

C. Pedestrian Connectivity............................................................................................................................................... 5-62

D. Walkway Design Standards ..................................................................................................................................... 5-64